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Having taken a gander at the trailers, I have to say, this movie looks pretty funny, and I can't wait for the novelization to come out. I'll read it right away, they always come out right before the movies do.
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Jay, something tells me we'll just have to settle for a pot of petunias.
In all seriousness, I heard some well-dressed folks at a LOTR showing mention how they heard that the movie had been made into a book. Good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth at the time...
quote:Stan could just be playing a very deep game Dag.
That's what I meant. I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic - or would "ironic" be more appropriate here?
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And FYI, for those that didn't get the reference -- HHGG was originally a radio drama that only later got turned into a book.
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Has there ever been a separate novelization of a movie that was based off a book? 'Cause that would be hilarious...
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Not that I know of, but the book 2010 is actually a sequel to the movie2001, not the book 2001 that the movie was based on. And, of course, they then made a movie from the book that was a sequel to a movie based on a book by the same author.
Whew! *wipes perspiration off of forehead*
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Well, there is this German book, Lisa and Lottie, by Erich Kastner, that was translated into English. It got turned into the Disney movie The Parent Trap and then that movie was novelized. I read both books as a kid. The two books are extremely different, of course. Kind of interesting.
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I own the novelization of "The Prince and the Pauper", which was based on the Disney movie, which was in turn based on the Mark Twain original.
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quote:Not that I know of, but the book 2010 is actually a sequel to the movie 2001, not the book 2001 that the movie was based on. And, of course, they then made a movie from the book that was a sequel to a movie based on a book by the same author.
Actually, according to my very old paperback copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the book was based on the movie.
The full blurb on the front of my book:
quote:2001: A Space Odyssey A novel by Arthur C. Clarke Based on the screenplay of the MGM film by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
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Huh. The book and the movie both came out in 1968. I don't know what to think now.
In any case, in the book they go to one of Saturn's moons, but in the movie they go to one of Jupiter's. In the book 2010, they had gone to one of Jupiter's.
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The novel 2001: A Space Odyssey was based on the screenplay and came out the same year as the movie came out, 1968. The copyright in my book is 1968, by Arthur C. Clarke and Polaris Productions, Inc. There are no copyright dates listed for prior years.
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I faced this same dilemma.........of course both the movie and the book confused me till I couldn't see straight(figure of speech).........I enjoyed both though.........
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I'm serious.......I was so confused that for the next week during school I was trying to think the whole thing out instead of paying attention in school.........I still did alright that week.......but it drove me absolutely insane.........and still does.........
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I really like the book, and have read it several times.
I do not enjoy the movie, however. I gues sI expect drastically different things from a book than from a movie.
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quote: the film and Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name share an interesting developmental history, with the book being modified by Clarke based on some of the film's daily rushes, with feedback in both directions.
I tried to find a quote like this with a quick Google search but couldn't. It's like I remembered, the book and movie were developed concurrently, with feedback in both directions, which is unique AFAIK.
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Ok, as far as Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy is concerned (for me anyway), The book is great and the radio show was excellent, and the original movie was pretty good too. I guess I'm kinda freaked about what they will do with the remake.
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The original movie -- are you talking about the BBC one? That was pretty much the radio drama plus some really bad special effects. It was actually better if you didn't watch the screen.
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quote:I tried to find a quote like this with a quick Google search but couldn't. It's like I remembered, the book and movie were developed concurrently, with feedback in both directions, which is unique AFAIK.
Something similar happened with The Abyss between James Cameron and Orson Scott Card. It was probably not to the same degree, but part of what OSC came up with got put into the movie.
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Yes, it is the BBC one. Awwww c'mon, it coould've worse. At least it wasn't directed by Joel Schumacher.
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Wow, I didn't know that, Porter. I didn't even know OSC wrote the novelization for the The Abyss, I'll have to check it out.
And the BBC movie of HHGTTG was no prize-winner, but it was fun. I liked it. You're right though, the production values and F/X were cheap.
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